Knot performance of polypropylene sutures

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Faulkner, Brent C ^a   Tribble, Curtis G ^a   Thacker, John G ^b   Rodeheaver, George T ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOADS (FORCES); POLYPROPYLENES; SURGERY; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

INSTRON TENSILE TESTERS; SURGIPRO SUTURES; SUTURE BREAKAGE;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030249315     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199623)33:3<187::AID-JBM8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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